These paintings begin with images scanned from various home furnishing catalogs (Pottery Barn, Crate and Barrel, Williams and Sonoma, etc.) and interior design magazines. Once printed, they are modified with the addition of layers of silk-screened line drawings and hand painted elements in gouache. I am fascinated by the carefully constructed, highly marketable realities the catalogs present. They are intimate facades embedded with preconceived values and narratives. They allow us to construct or maintain our identities and self-perceptions. They give form to larger cultural forces such as fashion, class structure, economic and social status, and global marketing.